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we have hillary clinton, you know? [laughter] she ran for president. and she is secretary of state, and we see her on the news every day. and then we have, um, you know, sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann, you know, these are big names. we had nancy pelosi -- we have nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody's talking about how this is such an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators, the most we have ever had. we have an entire state that has an all-female delegation which is new hampshire. so women are everywhere. women are everywhere in politics. and i really do think that that is what most people think. and, of course, everybody in this room knows that that is not even the slightest bit true. and, in fact, women hold 18% of the seats in congress. in the state legislatures, we've been stuck at 23% or around 23% forever. there's no movement. we used to have nine governors, we have five governors now who are women. [laughter] we have five governors who are women. and a
we have hillary clinton, you know? [laughter] she ran for president. and she is secretary of state, and we see her on the news every day. and then we have, um, you know, sarah palin was all over the place, michele bachmann, you know, these are big names. we had nancy pelosi -- we have nancy pelosi running the house. we had record gains in the senate this year. everybody's talking about how this is such an incredible, exciting election because now we have 20 senators, the most we have ever had....
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clinton and obama and the younger bush. these four individuals made these contributions, it is no surprise that they were in the terrible situation that we find ourselves in now that has to be corrected. when we look at the george herbert walker bush administration, he had three important people at the defense department. it was based on just a tailored pattern of total deception and outright lies. they have put together a secret paper. instead of taking together a strategic opportunity the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, all of those things we didn't expect to see in a lifetime. i certainly didn't expect to see this a couple of us wrote about the problems and no one expected it to collapse like a house of cards. this opportunity you was totally not taken. it was not taken by the bush administration. there were things like the invasion of panama and one individual had been on the cia payroll for most of the time and that is a heck of a precedence to set the terms of the military. it speaks as a moderate, i think that
clinton and obama and the younger bush. these four individuals made these contributions, it is no surprise that they were in the terrible situation that we find ourselves in now that has to be corrected. when we look at the george herbert walker bush administration, he had three important people at the defense department. it was based on just a tailored pattern of total deception and outright lies. they have put together a secret paper. instead of taking together a strategic opportunity the...
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fun part of the research for me is a couple years ago, um, i got a letter from now former president clinton writing about one of the books was someone had -- because someone had sent him one of the books, and then i got one of the craziest, best fan letters from former president george h.w. bush x. he read one of my normals, and he asked -- novels, and he asked if i would sign a copy for him. i'm like, you're the leader of the free world, you get a free book. you're the president. very nice. has me out to houston, i spend some time with the bushes, and barbara and george are like the sweetest, nicest people. they spent the first half hour that we were with them president bush tried to convince my wife that he invented the phase you the man, right? that's a good joke. and my wife's like, do you know he invented the phrase you the man? i'm like, he did not. although he might have, i don't know, he's the president. but the nice part was as i was researching this book, i got to ask president bush questions about the white house and his time there. and, listen, i write fiction. i can make up any
fun part of the research for me is a couple years ago, um, i got a letter from now former president clinton writing about one of the books was someone had -- because someone had sent him one of the books, and then i got one of the craziest, best fan letters from former president george h.w. bush x. he read one of my normals, and he asked -- novels, and he asked if i would sign a copy for him. i'm like, you're the leader of the free world, you get a free book. you're the president. very nice....
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president clinton said no at the time. the last i heard in 2007 was that they're still looking into ways of using the fungus as eradication. it sounds iffy to me, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. i think that's kind of an interesting way of seeing how these privileges are afforded to some powerful factors and not to others. i wanted to throw that in. >> i would just add real quick, first, on the brazilian fungus thing, one of the great experts on this has didn't a lot of research, is sitting in the audience. but on the question of the u.s. embassy, the u.s. embassy's own web site used to recommend to travelers in la paz to have coca tea. how many have been to la paz? it's about 13,000 feet high, and the airport, which is a plateau above the city, is even higher. so the oxygen content is 40% also at sea level. so you suffer terrible alt altitude psychness, extreme fatigue, headaches and you don't want to do anything unless you consume coca products. whether it's chewing coca or coca candy or coca tea and that will all
president clinton said no at the time. the last i heard in 2007 was that they're still looking into ways of using the fungus as eradication. it sounds iffy to me, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. i think that's kind of an interesting way of seeing how these privileges are afforded to some powerful factors and not to others. i wanted to throw that in. >> i would just add real quick, first, on the brazilian fungus thing, one of the great experts on this has didn't a lot of research,...
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we've been very fortunate to have the support for secretary clinton for the first year of our existing and now what we are finding that only been in a handful of meetings with secretary kerry, but in every one of the meanings, he has said, or bring the ideas. give me some out-of-the-box thinking. we've got to find another way of doing some of these things. i am hoping our bureau can be a very aggressive supplier of ideas in different ways of doing things. i think if we come up with good ideas, will have influence on policy. will be invited to the rate means that we will be seen as a valuable instrument of change for u.s. foreign policy. i know that is the case at the embassies we are working with. i don't know how many of you have for the state department -- [laughter] i'm probably not begin in a totally foreign language here. but you would understand we've got to do it one day at a time and occasionally with the big idea. one day at a time -- this is kind of a digression, but two or three months ago when i was in a relatively stressful time, i thought, why am i doing this job? i thoug
we've been very fortunate to have the support for secretary clinton for the first year of our existing and now what we are finding that only been in a handful of meetings with secretary kerry, but in every one of the meanings, he has said, or bring the ideas. give me some out-of-the-box thinking. we've got to find another way of doing some of these things. i am hoping our bureau can be a very aggressive supplier of ideas in different ways of doing things. i think if we come up with good ideas,...
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in 1998, president clinton had launched missiles against iraq and the inspectors who were supposed to be keeping the weapons of mass destruction programs under control left the country so she was different for his region into for including us but he was continuing we believe to build weapons of mass destruction and according to the agency had reconstituted the chemical weapons, the biological and was on his way to reconstituting the nuclear program. he tried to assassinate president george h. w. bush, shooting at the aircraft he put 400,000 people in and wants to consider the biggest in the middle east as that is north korea was come as bad as iran was, they were not in the category like iraq where there were 16 security council resolutions that set he was a threat to international security. they are also on the israeli-palestinian issue and a generous in the sense that it's unique with other parts of the world. >> any student in international politics from the time that i was your age and in college which admittedly is a long time ago, but from that time when you took a course on int
in 1998, president clinton had launched missiles against iraq and the inspectors who were supposed to be keeping the weapons of mass destruction programs under control left the country so she was different for his region into for including us but he was continuing we believe to build weapons of mass destruction and according to the agency had reconstituted the chemical weapons, the biological and was on his way to reconstituting the nuclear program. he tried to assassinate president george h....
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president clinton said no, at the time. the last i heard in 2007 was that they're still looking into ways of using this fungus as an eradication method. it sounds kind of iffy, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. but yeah, i just think that's an interesting way of seeing how these privileges are afforded some powerful factors and not to others. i just want to throw that in. >> i would just add real quick, first on the fungus thing. one of the great experts in this town, jeremy who is sitting in the audience who has done research on this issue, perhaps we can talk later, jeremy, but on the question of u.s. embassy, the u.s. embassy's own website used to recommend to travelers landing to have coca tea. it's a no-brainer. la paz, how may people have been too low cost? it's about 13,000 feet high. and the airport, a plateau above the city is even higher. so your oxygen content at that altitude is about 40% of which would have at sea level. so you suffered terrible altitude sickness, had expected utility do anything for the f
president clinton said no, at the time. the last i heard in 2007 was that they're still looking into ways of using this fungus as an eradication method. it sounds kind of iffy, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. but yeah, i just think that's an interesting way of seeing how these privileges are afforded some powerful factors and not to others. i just want to throw that in. >> i would just add real quick, first on the fungus thing. one of the great experts in this town, jeremy who is...
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you know, he's being advised, his career counselor the same guy who advised president clinton after his own little scrape -- [laughter] and he advises a lot of people. and he's very good at it. so i think you haven't seen the last of him, let's put it that way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> watch it here on c-span2. >> good morning. stacy schiff was a wonderful biographer of, among others, cleopatra recently observed that biographers all have two lives. okay in back? can you hear? all right, good. in one realm, she says, the biographers are moving forward in ignorance. in the other you're moving backward with something resembling omniscience. now, what she doesn't say is that along with the illusion of something like only niche sense, the biographer usually has a lot of attitude on display. one can be worshipful, age graphic, fill yo pious, or one can be a debunker, an unmasker, a muckraker. one can defend or defame, expose, sensationalize, sentimentalize. one can be a myth buster or a myth maker. and not many generalizations can cover that whole spectrum.
you know, he's being advised, his career counselor the same guy who advised president clinton after his own little scrape -- [laughter] and he advises a lot of people. and he's very good at it. so i think you haven't seen the last of him, let's put it that way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> watch it here on c-span2. >> good morning. stacy schiff was a wonderful biographer of, among others, cleopatra recently observed that biographers all...
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it's something i did talk to secretary clinton about when i took the job, that i just like to be able to go to any ambassador and said i got a couple million bucks in my pocket. but also it's important for the people that work for our bureau the they go out and they think they've got a million dollar credit line for the taxpayers. so they're forced to be created. otherwise it's like, i don't have any money, i don't have the time, i don't have enough people. but you got a million dollars, if you've got a good idea, call. we still need to activate the phone a little more. we've given them that license. >> there's a movie in this spirit i want to recognize steve morrison who helped to start odi and was one of the founders of it. >> dave, where are you? >> yes, in the back. >> thank you. i'm with voice of vietnamese americans. congratulations to your new position, and congratulations to the new winning streaks, and we hope to continue lasting for your. >> i hope my brothers not watching c-span last night. >> you state from the beginning, you mentioned focus, and you also mentioned we have
it's something i did talk to secretary clinton about when i took the job, that i just like to be able to go to any ambassador and said i got a couple million bucks in my pocket. but also it's important for the people that work for our bureau the they go out and they think they've got a million dollar credit line for the taxpayers. so they're forced to be created. otherwise it's like, i don't have any money, i don't have the time, i don't have enough people. but you got a million dollars, if...
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the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you could decouple those things and get that kind of tactical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of the kind of the big moment for -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah, you know, when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you've got the vice presidential nomination, you've got the conventions, and you've got the debates. and i think to kind of have that big moment in the fall when people pay attention makes a lot her sense than to do it in june when people just aren't ready for -- >> [inaudible] beth? >> i think there's an awkward part of the campaign between the primary ending and the convention, and i think, i think it's almost -- unless the federal funding thing changes, it's inevitable that they'll go early because, and i think that's a good thing. >> you want to shrink that process. >> i want to shrink the awkward period between the primary ending and the nomination startin
the clinton convention was an extraordinarily big moment. and so i think you could decouple those things and get that kind of tactical nominating thing back to the end of the primaries so it lets that process start. i kind of like the timing in terms of the kind of the big moment for -- >> [inaudible] >> yeah, you know, when you talk about what's the rhythm of a presidential campaign, you've got the vice presidential nomination, you've got the conventions, and you've got the...
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he can in one time and took almost a year in the clinton administration if you recall that period of time. so, we may be under a different watch for a while of the chairman were to. >> you've watched the commission over the years. how would you characterize some of the changes that have gone on in just how the commission operates in the relationship among the tension how would you characterize the change of the commission over the past ten, 20 years? >> as far as collegiality goes it does vary between the administration and between i think the chairman who set the stage. i think to his credit the commissioners while they are quite split on their philosophy, there - three philosophy i think they all get along personally well and it's to their credit. i don't see any major sports that way. i think if people seem to -- they are adults over there and i think that is relatively good. i do see a lot of differences the commission and by regulated and the one today in the sense of the communications have become so important and you do have the open meeting and they are not able to talk. you
he can in one time and took almost a year in the clinton administration if you recall that period of time. so, we may be under a different watch for a while of the chairman were to. >> you've watched the commission over the years. how would you characterize some of the changes that have gone on in just how the commission operates in the relationship among the tension how would you characterize the change of the commission over the past ten, 20 years? >> as far as collegiality goes...
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diplomat in the canadian capital during the clinton administration. john manly is the chief exhibit of the council's chief executives. you can't get much more execs than that. he's a former prime minister of finance, foreign affairs and trade and industry. he led the response to the 9/11 attacks and chaired the independent task force on the future of north america david is with the national security program at the center for strategic international studies here in washington and a former senior official of the u.s. energy department and was involved in negotiations for the u.s.-canada free trade agreement and the north american free trade agreement. and rita savage is the bureau chief. in a moment our conversation begins we will hear from all of our guests on the stage and also from our studio audience a little bit later. first let's take the next five minutes and bring some context to the conversation. >> of almost every level, the u.s.-canada relationship though occasionally up by the storm is the envy of the world. integrated industries and economi
diplomat in the canadian capital during the clinton administration. john manly is the chief exhibit of the council's chief executives. you can't get much more execs than that. he's a former prime minister of finance, foreign affairs and trade and industry. he led the response to the 9/11 attacks and chaired the independent task force on the future of north america david is with the national security program at the center for strategic international studies here in washington and a former senior...
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>> you know, he has been advised after, like clinton was. i think you haven't seen the last of him. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> prime time continues tomorrow night with memoirs and biographies. at 8:00 p.m., supreme court justice so sonja sotomayor and n cynthia helms, widow of the former cia director, richard helms, we will also hear from david frisk, on the life and career of william rusher and the involvement in the the conservative movement. booktv in prime time this week here on c-span2. >> from the very start, we told the board that the approach we were going to take, which was pretty straightforward, remember, we were sent there to go make this thing a viable company. so we were all focused and we brought the message, that we would sell and design the world's best vehicle. that we need to move quickly, that we need your support. and we need your input. so we have changed a few things about the board meeting, it was shortened considerably, we have stayed away from the details and didn't get in the weeds on how you
>> you know, he has been advised after, like clinton was. i think you haven't seen the last of him. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] >> prime time continues tomorrow night with memoirs and biographies. at 8:00 p.m., supreme court justice so sonja sotomayor and n cynthia helms, widow of the former cia director, richard helms, we will also hear from david frisk, on the life and career of william rusher and the involvement in the the conservative movement....
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if you want to get after all, get after hillary clinton. get after barack obama. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they are all against the surge. and you can make the case that it still has that were janet's ultimate strategic objectives for reasons i discussed in the meantime to cost a lot of money and probably when does the next or american soldiers died in the implementation of the surge compared if you just pulled them out. was that worth it? i don't know. we don't guy at, but it's not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won in that of thing. as for the jewish lobby question, let's get real. the israeli press -- i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to the jewish lobby. aipac has had this thing going for years, were anyone who criticizes israel sayer anti-somatic. you're really talking about should, not israel. if someone says the lobby, they sayer anti-somatic because you called it the jewish lobby instead of the israel lobby. it's playing with words. listen, i know jewish and nebraska were hagel was a senator. they never got a
if you want to get after all, get after hillary clinton. get after barack obama. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. they are all against the surge. and you can make the case that it still has that were janet's ultimate strategic objectives for reasons i discussed in the meantime to cost a lot of money and probably when does the next or american soldiers died in the implementation of the surge compared if you just pulled them out. was that worth it? i don't know. we don't...
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although i have to admire secretary clinton. as you remember, she said about a year ago that she felt it would be possible to get toward a percentage where there was some enrichment, but it had to be bound, or at least there was a hint in that direction. and i think she was putting on the table what it is that you're talking about, but we haven't done it concretely enough. and to some extent, a proposal that was either inherently or explicitly in that direction, and i laid out for you what my end state goals would be if we could lay out end state goals, we would hopefully get over that hurdle. i would, because i think it's very important, like to see us engaged in negotiations for two reasons. one, because i want them to succeed. but, two, if they're going to fail, i want to know sooner rather than later. >> uh-huh. can i just probe for a minute on the international dimensions here, and particularly as it relates to the question of enrichment and the question of sanctions. because you both seem to emphasize the idea that getting
although i have to admire secretary clinton. as you remember, she said about a year ago that she felt it would be possible to get toward a percentage where there was some enrichment, but it had to be bound, or at least there was a hint in that direction. and i think she was putting on the table what it is that you're talking about, but we haven't done it concretely enough. and to some extent, a proposal that was either inherently or explicitly in that direction, and i laid out for you what my...
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speaker gingrich was the speaker to pick you worked with and president clinton. we balanced the budget five of those 14 years. it meant that there was compromise. this requires compromise. this requires the republicans stepping forward with some ideas about how to keep essential services of the government running at the level people have been accustomed to. this is not rocket science. this is people coming together the way that other congresses have done to solve big issues. i suggest that my former colleague on the republican side, go see the movie " "lincoln," because it shows how hard it was back then to get it done. what he did is he gathered people around him in a way i believe president obama is doing by calling republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them, and when that happens, big things get solved. the fiscal cliff got solved because people started talking to one another. >>> up next assistant secretary of state discusses u.s. foreign policy efforts to improve conflict prevention and addressing crises. the secretary of the newly created state
speaker gingrich was the speaker to pick you worked with and president clinton. we balanced the budget five of those 14 years. it meant that there was compromise. this requires compromise. this requires the republicans stepping forward with some ideas about how to keep essential services of the government running at the level people have been accustomed to. this is not rocket science. this is people coming together the way that other congresses have done to solve big issues. i suggest that my...
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you know, clinton went to war to liberate kosovo. it was president bush who stewarded kosovo's emergence as an independent country. you had democratic senators and republican senators like bob dole working arm in arm during the debate around kosovo, so really represented a triumph of bipartisanship over several administrations. with intervention, which is an event that occurs over a specific number of days, there also comes a responsibility, a responsibility to steward the process which involves humanitarian action after the fighting stops and then, ultimately, state building. most postconflict challenges and nation building take time and require an enduring political, financial and security commitment from the international commitment. nato forces are, in fact, deployed in kosovo to this day, and as we've seen in other examples, notably afghanistan, you know, the international community needs to act in concert when facing great challenges. i also have concluded that a sin quo nonfor military action is a need for a credible local par
you know, clinton went to war to liberate kosovo. it was president bush who stewarded kosovo's emergence as an independent country. you had democratic senators and republican senators like bob dole working arm in arm during the debate around kosovo, so really represented a triumph of bipartisanship over several administrations. with intervention, which is an event that occurs over a specific number of days, there also comes a responsibility, a responsibility to steward the process which...